How To Install ffado-dbus-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-dbus-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ffado-dbus-server
ffado-dbus-server is:
FFADO is a Linux driver for FireWire (IEEE1394) audio devices.
The FFADO library permits discovering and configuring such devices and provides an API for streaming clients.
This package holds the D-Bus server that exposes the mixer and control interfaces through D-Bus.
There are three methods to install ffado-dbus-server on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ffado-dbus-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffado-dbus-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffado-dbus-server
Install ffado-dbus-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffado-dbus-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffado-dbus-server
Install ffado-dbus-server Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ffado-dbus-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffado-dbus-server
How To Uninstall ffado-dbus-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ffado-dbus-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffado-dbus-server
Uninstall ffado-dbus-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffado-dbus-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffado-dbus-server
Remove ffado-dbus-server Configurations and Data
To remove ffado-dbus-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffado-dbus-server
Remove ffado-dbus-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffado-dbus-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffado-dbus-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffado-dbus-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
